Pedro Mena

Associate Professor in Human Nutrition

Università degli Studi di Pavia

Italy

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Food Science

70%

Clinical Nutrition

90%

Antioxidant Research

70%

Polyphenol

40%

Nutritional Biochemistry

30%

Nutrition

30%

Metabolic Biology

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Developing tools for the PREDICTion, at individual level, of the CArdiometabolic REsponse to the consumption of dietary (poly)phenols

Open Date: 2021-01-01

Close Date: 2025-12-31

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A review on the effects of flavan-3-ols, their metabolites, and their dietary sources on gut barrier integrity

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2025

Correction: Leto et al. Evaluation of In Vitro-Derived Hop Plantlets, cv. Columbus and Magnum, as Potential Source of Bioactive Compounds. <i>Antioxidants</i> 2024, <i>13</i>, 909

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2025

Extended recommendations on the nomenclature for microbial catabolites of dietary (poly)phenols, with a focus on isomers

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2025

Urinary excretion kinetics of (poly)phenolic metabolites derived from the consumption of microwaved Piquillo pepper (Capsicum annuum cv. Piquillo)

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2025

Characterization of Bioactive Compounds and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Humulus lupulus (L.) cv. Cascade Leaves Throughout the Growing Season

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2025

Evidence for a Modulatory Effect of a 12‐Week Pomegranate Juice Intervention on the Transcriptional Response in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Reducing Fecal Calprotectin Levels: Findings From a Proof‐of‐Principle Study

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2025

Optimization of an In Vitro Colonic Fermentation: Insights into Flavan-3-ol Catabolism and Microbiota Modulation

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2025

3,5-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid as a Potent Inhibitor of Tyrosine Phenol-Lyase Decreases Fecal Phenol Levels in Mice

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2025

Optimized Enzymatic Extraction of Phenolic Compounds from Verbascum nigrum L.: A Sustainable Approach for Enhanced Extraction of Bioactive Compounds

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2025

Coffee Bioactive N‐Methylpyridinium: Unveiling Its Antilipogenic Effects by Targeting De Novo Lipogenesis in Human Hepatocytes

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2024

Health effects of 100% fruit and vegetable juices: evidence from human intervention studies

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2023

A Systematic Review and Comprehensive Evaluation of Human Intervention Studies to Unravel the Bioavailability of Hydroxycinnamic Acids

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2023

Excretion by subjects on a low (poly)phenol diet of phenolic gut microbiota catabolites sequestered in tissues or associated with catecholamines and surplus amino acids

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2023

Systematic Review on the Metabolic Interest of Glucosinolates and Their Bioactive Derivatives for Human Health

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2023

Revisiting the bioavailability of flavan-3-ols in humans: A systematic review and comprehensive data analysis

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2023

Double-blind controlled dietary cross-over intervention with differentially fertilised intact lettuce leaves shows acute reduction in blood pressure in young adults, associated with faster uptake of nitrate than of phenolics

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2022

A Screening of Native (Poly)phenols and Gut‐Related Metabolites on 3D HCT116 Spheroids Reveals Gut Health Benefits of a Flavan‐3‐ol Metabolite

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2022

Exposure to (Poly)phenol Metabolites after a Fruit and Vegetable Supplement Intake: A Double-Blind, Cross-Over, Randomized Trial

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2022

Do (Poly)phenols Matter for Nutrition Research? News from the Front

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2022

In Vitro Faecal Fermentation of Monomeric and Oligomeric Flavan‐3‐ols: Catabolic Pathways and Stoichiometry

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2022

Collaborators20

Claudio Curti

Associate Professor

University of Parma

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Kieran Tuohy

Professor of Energy Metabolism and Microbiome

University of Leeds

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Alan Crozier

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Gary Williamson

Prof and Head of Department

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Michael N. Clifford

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NIEVES BAENAS NAVARRO

Assistant Professor

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Kirsty Pourshahidi

University of Ulster

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Anna Agosti

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Alessandro Quattrone

University of Trento

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Ana Rodriguez-Mateos

King’s College London

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Chris Seal

Emeritus Professor

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Kirsten Brandt

Senior Lecturer

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Daniele Del Rio

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francesco spedicato

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Maria-Paz de Peña

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Salud Cáceres Jiménez

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B. Chiancone

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Cristina García-Viguera

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Josep Rubert

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Full Professor

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